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Breaking Away to the Gateway

“Breaking Away to the Gateway” The 2008 TREE Fund Tour des Trees, Indianapolis, Indiana to St. Louis, Missouri…

Pesticides - Ramblings by Richard Murphy

You know why there is a warning “Do not Eat” on the “Silica” pack you find in new shoes? Because it is poisonous and someone has eaten it! But back to my topic…
Pesticides have been irking the earth’s residents for thousands of years. But before we dive into it…what is classified as a pesticide?
***Warning You […]

What you decide is true … will be true.

by: Ken LaVoie - Author of “Start your own amazingly profitable lawn care business”
Pretty much everything that shows up in your life is a direct result of those “beliefs” and “agreements” you are programmed with all your life. “no one ever got rich working 35-40 hours a week”, “money doesn’t grow on trees”, “you’ve got […]

Profiling - LawnGuru.net, Starting and Running a fun, profitable lawn care business

Ken LaVoie, owner of LawnGuru.net has written a very informative, eye-opening and honest (with himself and the business) book on how to start and run a successful lawn care business. Here is what some people have to say about his book:

“Ken,
My association with you has tripled my business and moved me ahead at LEAST 3 […]

Lawn & Garden Webvision Joins Forces with The Lawn Blog/The Lawn News

“The Lawn Blog and their recent project The Lawn News are a great fit to the already diverse rich media content and business model that LGWV has successfully launched, which has been predominantly commercial in nature.

Husqvarna’s New "Master Your Great Outdoors" Marketing Campaign Focuses on Outdoor Enthusiasts

“Master Your Great Outdoors” drives outdoor enthusiasts to Husqvarna Total Source servicing dealers for high performance outdoor power equipment, advice and service

Podcast Thursday 4/10 - 8pm est with author Ken LaVoie

I got a great podcast lined up this Thursday 4/10 at 8pm est with author Ken LaVoie. Check out his site at http://www.lawnguru.net.
He wrote the book “How to start a lawn care business a whole new way.”
Some of the topics I want to cover with him:
Talking about his experiences of getting started and what happened […]

Breaking Away to the Gateway

“Breaking Away to the Gateway” The 2008 TREE Fund Tour des Trees, Indianapolis, Indiana to St. Louis, Missouri.

Garden Time Episodes Added

Three new episodes have been added to the Garden Time Shows page. Garden Time is the # 1 garden TV program in the Northwest. “Lawn Moss”, “Garden Trellis” and “Wind Chime”

Is There Such a Thing As a Silver Bullet?

By Chestin Salisbury
Any serious small business owner knows the importance of continually adding new prospects to their sales pipeline. Without a constant stream of potential new customers, it’s nearly impossible for any business to grow and thrive long term.
Fortunately, there is an endless list of possible solutions for keeping this sales pipeline full. […]

7 Ways Differentiate Yourself from Your Competition and Avoid the Price Wars Forever

By Chestin Salisbury
One of the most common complaints I hear these days from small businesses struggling to grow is that they can’t get anymore customers because they’re up against others that are willing to sell the exact same service at a cheaper price.
For example, what one hard working lawn care operator charges for […]

Get Ready For GIE+EXPO 2008 - Video Teaser

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Aquascape, Inc. Announces Certified Kloubec Koi Supplier Program

Aquascape, Inc. is proud to announce its Certified Kloubec Koi Supplier Program available to its wholesale customers in 2008. The program was created to help contractors and retailers who don’t stock koi, but want to offer koi availability to the consumer.

LGWV March Issue of Growing Together Released to Non-Members

The Lawn & Garden WebVision March issue of Growing Together has been released to the general public. This issue features the latest news, cool products, tips from the pros and more.

Easy Growing Organic Gardening Show added to the Lawn & Garden Webvision Lineup

Lawn & Garden WebvisionTM (LGWV) www.lawnandgardenwv.com is pleased to announce the newest show to the LGWV lineup, Easy Growing featuring Don Rosenberg.